Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Aimed At Modernizing Defense Acquisitions And Spurring Innovation

Local AI Experts Applaud White House Push to Unleash American Innovation Through Federal AI Policy Reform

In a major move signaling the United States’ commitment to global AI leadership, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced two pivotal updates to federal policy: OMB Memorandum M-25-21, focused on accelerating federal AI innovation and governance, and OMB Memorandum M-25-22, aimed at modernizing the acquisition of AI technologies across government

Digital Transformation: Modernising Government IT Systems - Access Partnership

This opinion piece is part of Access Partnership’s  ‘A Digital Manifesto’  initiative, which recommends a framework to develop US global leadership on digital policy for the first 100 days of the Trump administration.  On 7 April, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued two memoranda with revised policies on how federal agencies should acquire and adopt artificial intelligence (AI), in accordance with President Trump’s Janua…

Executive Order on Defense Acquisition Includes Policies for Workforce

An executive order from President Trump directing a “comprehensive overhaul” of DoD acquisition policies includes provisions for the department’s acquisition ...More The article Executive Order on Defense Acquisition Includes Policies for Workforce was first published on FEDweek.

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Aimed At Modernizing Defense Acquisitions And Spurring Innovation

On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”), “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation In the Defense Industrial Base,” that may have significant implications for federal government contractors doing business with the Department of Defense (“DoD”), and particularly those with touchpoints to Major Defense Acquisition Programs (“MDAPs”). The EO requires DoD to take a number of actions, including: Within 60 d…

President Trump Signs Executive Orders Modernizing Military Defense – Reforming Foreign Defense Sales, and Restoring American Maritime Dominance

Credit: The White HouseOn Wednesday, April 9, President Trump signed three major executive orders to modernize the United States Military defense infrastructure and restore American maritime dominance.While issuing these executive orders from the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump first signed the executive order titled, “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance.”Upon delivering this executive order to President Trump, White House Staff Sec…